Are parents really the best driving instructors? Illustration by Dori Hartley

Parents and Teens Will Drive Each Other Crazy
by Jessica Samakow
If your kids wanted to go skydiving, would you teach them how to jump your...When it comes to teen driving, are parents the best teachers? Or is it time to call in the pros?

It's easy enough for the folks at AAA to say parents need to spend more time teaching teenagers how to drive.
Sure, let those people hurtle the wrong way down on a one-way street during 5 p.m. rush hour, sitting next to a panicky teenage dri...Study says parents need to spend more time on the road with inexperienced, jittery and dim-witted teen drivers

New Jersey law requires drivers under the age of 21 to identify themselves with red decals on their license plates.
But many young people see the decals as scarlet letters, and, ABC News reports, more than half of them simply ignore the law....

There are few things as frightening for a parent as watching their child drive off behind the wheel of a car alone for the first time. In my experience, the only thing that even comes close to that feeling is actually sitting next to your teen as she...

Whenever I travel with my dog in the car, I make sure she is safely secured in the backseat. Not only does this help protect her should I be involved in an accident, it ensures that she can't get all crazy while I'm driving and cause an accident. She...

In my experience, talking on a cell-phone while driving is dangerous. I used to do it and many times found myself at my destination having no recollection of actually driving there because I was yakking on my phone the whole time. Maybe it is just me...

Back in the middle of June, I reported on a study that found that two-thirds of kids aged 18 to 24 thought it okay to send text messages while they were driving. I didn't think it a good idea then and my feelings haven't changed after reading this ar...

The Home School Legal Defense Association has been advocating parent-taught driver's education for some time. Since parents are responsible for their children's well-being and safety, shouldn't they be allowed to substitute formal driving education w...

For all of you about to entering the frightening world of driver's ed, take note: new research suggests that the more your teen plays video games, the more likely he or she is to take risks while driving.
About 300 people -- both teens and adults --...

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